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The Animated Evolution: How Spider-Man’s Multiverse Just Redefined Streaming Ratings
While Tom Holland’s Peter Parker remains a massive box-office draw, the true reign in the world of streaming viewership belongs to Miles Morales. The data reveals that the animated multiverse is not just entertaining; it is commanding a viewership that dwarfs the live-action adaptations, proving that the web-slinging legacy has found its most resonant frequency in animation.
Analyzing performance between January 1st, 2023, and July 4th, 2026, ratings firm Nielsen uncovered staggering numbers for the Spider-Man franchise. Specifically, the two animated entries, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, collectively generated over 12.3 billion minutes of watch time.
This monumental figure averages out to 6 billion viewing minutes for each film alone. That impressive figure is roughly double the total viewing time generated by all the live-action Peter Parker solo films combined.
When looking at the individual film performances, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse stood out as the clear leader with 8 billion minutes watched, followed by Holland’s first outing with Spider-Man: Homecoming, which clocked in at 5.5 billion. This is closely followed by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which amassed 4.3 billion minutes, and Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man, totaling 3.8 billion minutes.
Across all ten films in this period, the entire Spider-Man universe generated an astonishing 38.2 billion minutes watched. This sheer volume highlights the deep connection fans have to the character across different iterations.
The impact extends beyond the cinematic events. The animated Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man series alone has generated 1.2 billion minutes of viewing, while the standalone title Spider-Noir pulled in 2.6 billion minutes within its first six weeks, demonstrating that the Spider-Man universe maintains a massive, ongoing appetite for new stories.
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